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First fully successful westbound North Atlantic flight

Captain Charles Kingsford Smith's aeroplane, the Southern Cross (VH-USU), in which he and others made the first fully successful westbound North Atlantic flight on 23-24 June 1930, flying from Ireland to Newfoundland. The route was from Portmarnock Beach (near Dublin) to Harbour Grace (Newfoundland), distance 1, 900 miles. The time taken was 31 hours 30 minutes

Picture No
12548174
Media ID
46141405
Size
4913px x 3570px (16.8MB)
Credit
© The John Barrett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
1930

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